The Present State of the African Slave Trade An Exposition of Some of the Cause
The Present State of the African Slave Trade An Exposition of Some of the Cause
Richard S Richard Smith Coxe
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When first boarded, she had th< Americ. Flag fij ing, and refused to submit her papers to tin exami THE AFRICAN SLAVE FLEET AND EIGHT OF SEARCH. 21 nation of the British Commander. She was then taken in tow by the Alecto, and her master was informed that she was to be carried down to the Hair, handed over to Commander McBlair, and to be disposed of by him. She was thus held by the Alecto in durance for ten hours, when her Captain threw overboard flag and papers; and the vet el, instead of being delivered over to the American man-of-war, was sent to Sierra Leone, to be tried by a British Admiralty court.
We are at a loss to reconcile this narrative with our preconceived ideas of what was the imperative duty of the British Commander. His boarding a vessel sailing under the American flag; and on being refused permission to inspect her papers, taking her in tow for the avowed purpose of handing her over to the Dale; retaining control over her for ten hours, then suffering her papers to disappear, and her colors to be destroyed — each and every of these acts was clearly illegal.
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